Student journalists Brett Mensing, left, and Lyanne Valdez, in a segment from the Oct. 19, 2015 “UTVS News” broadcast.
UTVS TV will be recognized with a Best of Festival award at a convention April 18 in Las Vegas.
That highest honor is one of nine awards UTVS, Husky Productions and KVSC 88.1 FM earned from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts, an international refereed exhibition of faculty creative activities and a national showcase for student work.
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Producers Emilio Ramos De Jesus ’15, Danielle Maroney and Sarah Rudlang led a crew of 22 students on the winning Oct. 19 “UTVS News” newscast.
That newscast was judged better than, among other entries, Arizona State University’s “Cronkite News” and Oklahoma University’s “OU Nightly.” Husky Productions, a division of UTVS TV, earned Best of Festival nods in 2015, 2013 and 2011.
KVSC’s “Granite City Radio Theater,” a collaboration with Pioneer Place on Fifth Theatre in downtown St. Cloud, earned an Award of Excellence.
The live variety show’s crew and guests were led by station manager Jo McMullen-Boyer ’91 and operations director Jim Gray ’03 ’05.
Best of Festival
Emilio Ramos De Jesus, Danielle Maroney, Sarah Rudlang
TV Newscast (airing 4-5 days per week)
Oct. 19 “UTVS News”
First Place
Jeremy Klein
TV Sports News Program
“Husky Faceoff”
Second Place
Sarah Rudlang
TV Anchor
“Sarah Rudlang’s Talent Reel”
Jeremy Klein, Taylor Budge
TV Sports Feature
“More Than a Game: The T.J. Frericks Story”
Jeremy Klein
TV Sports Anchor
“Jeremy Klein Talent Reel”
Third Place
Taylor Budge
TV Sports Anchor
“Taylor Budge Sports Talent Reel”
Katelynn Halter, Elizabeth Burda, Erin Godin, Josh Davis
TV Sports Event Production
“Husky Productions’ SCSU vs. UND men’s hockey broadcast”
Award of Excellence
Jo McMullen-Boyer, Jim Gray
Long-Form Production, Faculty Audio
“Granite City Theater”
Honorable Mention
Jeremy Klein, Taylor Budge
TV Sports News Program
“Husky Mag”
KVSC 88.1 FM is an independent community radio station licensed to St. Cloud State.
Husky Productions/UTVS journalists Jeremy Klein, left, and Taylor Budge.
The 5 p.m. and 6 p.m “UTVS News” broadcasts are carried by Charter Communications on channel 21 and streamed live each weekday during the academic year.
Husky Productions (HP) manages broadcasts of Huskies Athletics events, including women’s and men’s Huskies Hockey games. HP broadcasts are sometimes carried by regional and national networks. Derrick Silvestri ’06 is the UTVS advisor and studio manager. Brian Stanley ’93 is executive producer of Husky Productions.
KVSC 88.1 FM is an independent community radio station licensed to St. Cloud State. McMullen-Boyer ’91, is the station manager.
BEA’s 61st convention and 14th awards festival is April 17-20 at the Las Vegas Westgate. Winners were selected from more than 1,300 entries.
Entries from more than 150 colleges and universities were judged in these categories: Audio, video, documentary, interactive multimedia, news, scriptwriting, sports and two-year/small colleges.
The BEA convention is held each spring in conjunction with National Association of Broadcasters Show. The festival is sponsored by BEA and the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation.
